How To Get Lupita Nyong'o's Stunning Red Carpet Makeup

Yet again the actress has all eyes on her...and she nails it.

"I have been playing with fun colors on Lupita, and like today, I wanted it to be a Lupita moment—a movie star moment, classic but still a statement like a modern day movie star," celebrity makeup artist Nick Barose for Chanel told Harper's Bazaar. His inspiration for Nyong'o's look: "Old Hollywood, paying homage to Liz Taylor, but on vacation in the Riveria." The result was "fresh and glow-y, warm and ethereal." Barose gave her lips a touch of an orange-y red with CHANEL Rouge Allure Luminous Intense Lip Colour in Mélodieuse, $35, that was not too glossy, it has more of a sheen so it's soft and feminine but kind of bright color that still lets your natural lip color peek through," adding that going sheer with a bright hue is "how you can wear a stronger color without it being overwhelming." On her eyes, Barose did a mix of the shades in the new CHANEL Ombres Tracées Quadra Eyeshadow in Jardin Zen palette, $65, that he says, are "all good neutrals, peach, gray and black that I blended all together for a soft defined eye that was not too dark, and focuses on skin definition and eyes and red peachy lips." He also added a touch of the peach on her brow bones and the soft gray all over her upper lid, using the black "just on the corners for definition, but if you use lightly it adds a shadow that's not too defined." Her cheeks: peachy and glowy. Barose used Le Blush Crème De Chanel in Chamade, $38, "a bright and pop of color that's almost like a watercolor," on the apples of her cheeks and spread it out toward her hair line.

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